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nothing but that clock�察─�he said�察 �but so it was。; 

     When he got home�察�he found his frail daughter just coming out of the 

empty   house�察   �coughing   as   though   she   was   dyin'。;   Something�察  �he   said�察�

seemed to stop inside him。 Those were his words�此 �Something seemed to 

stop inside 'o me。; 

     He    turned    away    without    saying    a  word�察   �walked     back    to  strike 

headquarters�察�borrowed a revolver from a friend�察�and started out along the 

main road which led into the better part of the town。 

     ;Did you ever hear o' Robert Winter�拭─�he asked。 

     ;No�察─�said I。 



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     ;Well�察  �Robert   Winter   was   the   biggest   gun   of   'em   all。   He   owned   the 

mills   there   and   the   largest   store   and   the   newspaper   he   pretty   nearly 

owned the town。; 

     He   told   me   much   more   about   Robert   Winter   which   betrayed   still   a 

curious   sort   of   feudal   admiration   for   him�察  �and   for   his   great   place   and 

power�察�but I need not dwell on it here。 He told me how he climbed through 

a hemlock hedge ��for the stone gateway was guarded�� and walked through 

the snow toward the great house。 

     ;An' all the time I seemed to be seein' my daughter Margy right there 

before my eyes coughing as though she was dyin'。; 

     It was just nightfall and all the windows were alight。 He crept up to a 

clump   of   bushes   under   a   window   and   waited   there   a   moment   while   he 

drew out and   cocked   his   revolver。 Then he   slowly  reached   upward   until 

his head cleared the   sill and he   could look into the   room。 ;A big�察 �warm 

room�察─�he described it。 

     ;Comrade�察─�said he�察 �I had murder in my heart that night。; 

     So   he   stood   there   looking   in   with   the   revolver   ready   cocked   in   his 

hand。 

     ;And what do you think I seen there�拭─�he asked。 

     ;I cannot guess�察─�I said。 

     ;Well�察─  �said   Bill   Hahn�察   �I   seen   the   great   Robert Winter   that   we   had 

been   fighting   for   five   long   monthsand   he   was   down   on   his   hands   and 

knees   on   the   carpethe   had   his   little   daughter   on   his   backand   he   was 

creepin' about with heran' she was laughin'。; 

     Bill Hahn paused。 

     ;I had a bead on him�察─�he said�察 �but I couldn't do itI just couldn't do 

it。; 

     He came away all weak and trembling and cold�察�and�察 �Comrade�察─�he 

said�察 �I was cryin' like a baby�察�and didn't know why。; 

     The next day the strike collapsed and there was the familiar stampede 

for work but Bill Hahn did not go back。 He knew it would be useless。 A 

week later his frail daughter died and was buried in the paupers field。 

     ;She   was   as   truly   killed�察─  �he   said�察   �as   though   some   one   had   fired   a 



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bullet at her through a window。; 

     ;And what did you do after that�拭─�I asked�察�when he had paused for a 

long time with his chin on his breast。 

     ;Well�察─�said he�察 �I did a lot of thinking them days�察�and I says to myself�此�

'This thing is wrong�察�and I will go out and stop itI will go out and stop 

it。'; 

     As he uttered these words�察�I looked at him curiouslyhis absurd flat 

fur   hat   with   the   moth´eaten   ears�察  �the   old   bulging   overcoat�察  �the   round 

spectacles�察      �the    scarred�察    �insignificant     facehe      seemed      somehow 

transformed�察     �a  person    elevated    above    himself�察   �the   tool  of   some    vast 

incalculable force。 

     I   shall   never   forget   the   phrase   he   used   to   describe   his   own   feelings 

when   he   had   reached   this   astonishing   decision   to   go   out   and   stop   the 

wrongs of the World。 He said he ;began to feel all clean inside。; 

     ;I see it didn't matter what become o' me�察�and I began to feel all clean 

inside。; 

     It seemed�察�he explained�察�as though something big and strong had got 

hold of him�察�and he began to be happy。 

     ;Since then�察─�he said in a low voice�察 �I've been happier than I ever was 

before in all my life。 I ain't got any family�察�nor any homerightly speakin'´ 

´nor any money�察�but�察�comrade�察�you see here in front of you�察�a happy man。; 

     When he had finished his story we sat quiet for some time。 

     ;Well�察─�said he�察�finally�察 �I must be goin'。 The committee will wonder 

what's become o' me。; 

     I followed him out to the road。 There I put my hand on his shoulder�察�

and said�此�

     ;Bill Hahn�察�you are a better man than I am。; 

     He   smiled�察  �a   beautiful   smile�察  �and   we   walked   off   together   down   the 

road。 

     I wish I had gone on with him at that time into the city�察�but somehow I 

could not do it。 I stopped near the top of the hill where one can see in the 

distance that smoky huddle of buildings which is known as Kilburn�察�and 

though he urged me�察�I turned aside and sat down in the edge of a meadow。 



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There were many things I wanted to think about�察�to get clear in my mind。 

     As I sat looking out toward that great city�察�I saw three men walking in 

the   white   road。   As   I   watched   them�察  �I   could   see   them   coming   quickly�察�

eagerly。 Presently they threw up their hands and evidently began to shout�察�

though I could not hear what they said。 At that moment I saw my friend 

Bill Hahn   running   in   the road�察 �his   coat   skirts flapping   heavily  about his 

legs。 When they met they almost fell into another's arms。 

     I   suppose   it   was   so   that   the   early   Christians�察  �those   who   hid   in   the 

Roman catacombs�察�were wont to greet one another。 

       So I sat thinking。 

     ;A man�察─�I said to myself�察 �who can regard himself as a function�察�not 

an end of creation�察�has arrived。; 

     After   a   time   I   got   up   and   walked   down   the   hillsome   strange   force 

carrying me onwardand came thus to the city of Kilburn。 



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      CHAPTER X。 I AM CAUGHT UP 

                               INTO LIFE 



     I   can   scarcely   convey   in   written   words   the   whirling   emotions   I   felt 

when   I   entered   the   city   of   Kilburn。   Every   sight�察  �every   sound�察  �recalled 

vividly and painfully the unhappy years I had once spent in another and 

greater city。 Every mingled odour of the streetsand there is nothing that 

will so surely re´create ��for me�� the inner emotion of a time or place as a 

remembered odourbrought back to me the incidents of that immemorial 

existence。 

     For   a   time�察  �I   confess   it   frankly   here�察  �I   felt   afraid。   More   than   once   I 

stopped   short   in   the   street   where  I   was   walking�察  �and   considered   turning 

about and making again for the open country。 Some there may be who will 

feel that I am exaggerating my sensations and impressions�察�but they do not 

know of my memories of a former life�察�nor of how�察�many years ago�察�I left 

the city quite defeated�察�glad indeed that I was escaping�察�and thinking ��as I 

have   related   elsewhere��   that   I  should   never  again   set   foot   upon   a   paved 

street。 These things went deep with me。 Only the other day�察�when a friend 

asked me how old I was�察�I responded instantlyour unpremeditated words 

are usually truestwith the date of my arrival at this farm。 

     ;Then you are only ten years old� ─�he exclaimed with a laugh�察�thinking 

I was joking。 

     ;Well�察─�I said�察 �I am counting only the years worth living

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